Alyssa Milano on Time cover: "Exploitive and extreme"

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Time magazine's cover stirs Hollywood

Celebrities Alyssa Milano and Mayim Bialik voice their opinions on the controversial Time magazine cover which depicts a 4-year-old boy breastfeeding.

The recent Time magazine cover — which shows 26-year-old mom Lynne Grumet breastfeeding her almost 4-year-old son — continues to spark a large amount of controversy. Grumet defends her position, claiming breastfeeding toddlers is natural. "People have to realize this is biologically normal," she said. "The more people see it, the more it'll become normal in our culture. That's what I'm hoping. I want people to see it."

Celebrity parents face both criticism and praise given their very public personas and many are weighing in on what is now known simply as the "Time magazine cover story." USA Today reports actress Alyssa Milanofound the cover disturbing, tweeting it was "exploitive and extreme." Milano continued, "You missed the mark," she said. "You're supposed to be making it easier for breastfeeding moms."

Hollywood.com reports Mayim Bialik, "who's the most well-known advocate of the [attachment] parenting style," supports the controversial Time magazine cover. Bialik tweeted, "I am going to bat about this TIME cover photo for all of the amazing women who helped me be the mother I was."